Trauma therapy

Trauma therapy is a form of psychotherapy (talk therapy) designed to manage the impact of traumatic events on people’s lives. It helps people process traumatic events and the lasting experience of trauma that may follow those events. A traumatic event is any event in a person’s life that they experience as life-threatening, abusive, frightening, or […]
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Psychodynamic therapy

Psychodynamic therapy (PDT) is a form of talk therapy that explores the connection between a patient’s past experiences – often from childhood – and their current mindset. But to truly understand PDT, we must break down the root of its name. The word “dynamics” in psychodynamics is borrowed from thermodynamics, the branch of physics that […]
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Solution-focused brief therapy

Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a strength-based approach to psychotherapy based on solution-building rather than problem-solving. Unlike other forms of psychotherapy that focus on present problems and past causes, SFBT concentrates on how your current circumstances and future hopes. SFBT was developed in the 1970s and 1980s by husband and wife Steve de Shazer and […]
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Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Motivational enhancement therapy (MET) is a short-term technique used in the treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders. This approach to treatment focuses on helping people to feel more motivated to change their destructive, harmful behavior. It integrates aspects of motivational interviewing and is based on the transtheoretical model of change. For people who are […]
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